- Date
- June 27, 1983, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Grubbs, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4237Grumman G-164A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830627027119A
- Case key
- 20949
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The agricultural acft nosed over during landing. The plt said he was attemping to steer the acft around standing puddlesof water on a wet private airstrip when directional control was lost and the acft nosed over in a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4237
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 967
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- P&W R-1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- O.K. Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 12, 1983
- Departed
- Grubbs, AR
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,600 × ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 600 in this make and model · 5,600 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4237 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.